Princeton (7-4, 0-0 Ivy) at Maine (7-5, 0-0 America East)
Monday, Jan. 4 at Alfond Arena, 7 p.m.
Princeton Head Coach: Sydney Johnson (third season, Princeton '97, 26-41 overall & at Princeton)
Radio: WPRB 103.3 FM & GoPrincetonTigers.com (John Sadak, Play-by-Play)
All-Time Series: Maine leads 1-0, 0-0 in Maine
Streak: Overall - Maine - 1, Away - N/A
Live Stats | Live Audio
Last game (1/2/10): Princeton 70, at Saint Joseph's 62
Last time vs. Maine (11/19/08): Maine 58, at Princeton 55 (OT)
Last game's starters:
20 Douglas Davis, So., G: Led Princeton with 17 points at Saint Joseph's
21 Marcus Schroeder, Sr., G: 32 to 16 assist-to-turnover ratio this season
22 Patrick Saunders, So., F: Four rebounds at Saint Joseph's were most since six vs. Lafayette
33 Dan Mavraides, Jr., F: Averaged 18.5 points in two games last week
55 Pawel Buczak, Sr., C: Season-high 14 points at Saint Joseph's
Princeton stats: 2009-10 Stats
Individual game-by-game: 3 Sherburne | 11 Foley | 12 Barrett | 14 Lake | 15 Comfort | 20 Davis | 21 Schroeder | 22 Saunders | 23 Maddox | 24 Finley | 33 Mavraides | 34 Hummer | 52 Connolly | 55 Buczak
Individual career stats can be found on each player's roster page.
Maine's last game (12/29/09): Maine 52, at Boston College 51
Maine links: Maine men's basketball page | Maine game notes
Outside reading: Philadelphia Inquirer
-The Tigers were due to play at Maine on Dec. 20 but never got out of the Philadelphia airport due to a snow storm. The game was rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 4.
-Princeton is 2-0 so far on its four-game run between the holiday and finals breaks. The Tigers picked up wins over Wagner and at Saint Joseph's and will head to Maine Monday and Marist Wednesday before the exam break begins.
-The Tigers are on a five-game winning streak, their longest since winning seven straight last season from Jan. 3-Feb. 7, 2009.
-Princeton and Maine have met only once, when Maine defeated Princeton 58-55 in overtime on Nov. 19, 2008. Princeton outshot Maine 44 percent to 40.4 percent and outrebounded the Black Bears 39-25 but had 19 turnovers to Maine's 10.
-Princeton
returns 46 of 55 points from last season, minus the nine points Max Huc
scored. Maine loses its leading scorer from last year's game, Kaimondre
Owes (11) while returning 45 of 58 points.
-Princeton
has never played in the state of Maine, though it has played a game in
nearby Nova Scotia, Canada, against Ohio University in December 1999.
-After Saint Joseph's scored the first bucket, Princeton never trailed in its 70-62 win Saturday. The Tigers were more accurate from the floor, 47.1 percent (24 of 51) to 37.3 percent (22 of 59) and on the glass, 41 to 32.
-Four Tigers scored double-figures in the win at Saint Joseph's, the first time Princeton has done that since the 61-41 win over Cornell on Feb. 6, 2009.
-Princeton is 5-0 when it scores more than 60 points this season.
-Princeton is 4-0 this season when it leads at the half, 2-4 when it trails, and 1-0 when it is tied.
-Princeton's 52.9 percent (9 for 17) performance from three-point range against Saint Joseph's was its best percentage since shooting 57.1 percent (8 of 14) against Central Michigan in the season opener.
-Princeton's 41 rebounds and +9 rebounding advantage were each its most since grabbing 41 boards and outrebounding Columbia by 15 on Feb. 6, 2009.
-During the current five-game winning streak, Princeton is allowing teams only an average of 2.4 three-pointers made per game. In the first six games, it was 6.2 threes per game.
-Princeton defeated Saint Joseph's despite the Hawks giving up just eight turnovers, tying a season-low for a Princeton opponent.
-Princeton's two centers, Pawel Buczak (14) and Zach Finley (four) combined for 18 points against Saint Joseph's, the pair's most since combining for 27 in the Manhattan game. Buczak's 14 were a season-high, his most since scoring 15 in the season finale against Penn in 2009.
-Douglas Davis and Dan Mavraides have combined to take 43.7 percent of the Tigers' shots this season and 57.1 percent of three-point attempts. The duo has scored 44.4 percent of the team's points. Against Saint Joseph's, Davis led Princeton with 17 points and Mavraides had 16.
-Zach Finley's four points against Saint Joseph's were his first points since the Dec. 3 game at Rutgers.
-Dan Mavraides' 21 points helped improve Princeton's record to 7-1 when he reaches double digits. The Tigers are 0-3 when he does not.
-Dan Mavraides is averaging 6.6 rebounds per game during the five-game winning streak. He averaged 2.3 rebounds per game during the four-game losing streak that preceded it.
-Seven of Dan Mavraides' 13 steals on the season have come in the last three games.
-Sophomore Douglas Davis stands at 478 career points, just ahead of senior Marcus Schroeder (464) and behind senior Zach Finley (532) on the active career scoring list.
-Pawel Buczak's 14 points and six rebounds were his highest total of the two categories in any game this season.
-Princeton will be the third Ivy League school Maine faces after losing to Brown on Nov. 22 and defeating Columbia on Dec. 30 with both games on the road.
Tigers from the Line
Player
|
Season
|
Career
|
| 3 Sherburne |
0-0 |
0-0 |
11 Foley
|
0-0
|
0-1 (.000)
|
| 12 Barrett |
6-8 (.750) |
6-8 (.750) |
14 Lake
|
2-2 (1.000)
|
29-38 (.763)
|
15 Comfort
|
0-0
|
5-8 (.625)
|
20 Davis
|
25-30 (.800)
|
56-71 (.789)
|
21 Schroeder
|
9-10 (.900)
|
85-111 (.766)
|
22 Saunders
|
2-2 (1.000)
|
32-39 (.821)
|
23 Maddox
|
5-8 (.625)
|
66-81 (.815)
|
24 Finley
|
15-23 (.652)
|
88-147 (.599)
|
33 Mavraides
|
26-32 (.813)
|
87-108 (.806)
|
| 34 Hummer |
19-33 (.576) |
19-33 (.576) |
| 40 Gabel |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| 41 Darrow |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| 52 Connolly |
0-0 |
0-0 |
55 Buczak
|
13-18 (.722)
|
49-77 (.636) |
2009-10 Season/Career Highs
Points: 9 at California (11/29/09)
Rebounds: 4 at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Assists: 2, last at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Steals: 3, last at George Washington (11/24/09)
Blocks: 1, last at George Washington (11/24/09)
Field Goals: 2, last at California (11/29/09)
Three-Pointers: 1 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Free Throws: 5 at California (11/29/09)
Minutes: 26 vs. Army (11/21/09)
2009-10 Season Highs
Points: 14 at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Rebounds: 9 vs. Monmouth (12/16/09)
Assists: 6 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Steals: 3 at George Washington (11/24/09)
Blocks: 3, last vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Field Goals: 5 at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Three-Pointers: 2 at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Free Throws: 2, last at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Minutes: 37 at Central Michigan (11/14/09)
Career Highs
Points: 15, last at Penn (3/10/09)
Rebounds: 10 vs. UNCG (1/3/09)
Assists: 6 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Steals: 4 vs. Brown (2/27/09)
Blocks: 4 vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Field Goals: 7 at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Three-Pointers: 3 vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Free Throws: 7 at Penn (3/10/09)
Minutes: 37 at Central Michigan (11/14/09)
2009-10 Season Highs
Points: 0
Rebounds: 1 vs. Army (11/21/09)
Assists: 0
Steals: 0
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 0
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 2 at California (11/29/09)
Career Highs
Points: 6, last vs. Harvard (2/20/09)
Rebounds: 3 at Yale (2/13/09)
Assists: 1, last at Yale (2/13/09)
Steals: 0
Blocks: 1 vs. Lehigh (1/7/09)
Field Goals: 2, last vs. Harvard (2/20/09)
Three-Pointers: 2 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Free Throws: 2, last vs. Brown (2/27/09)
Minutes: 19 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
2009-10 Season/Career Highs
Points: 2 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Rebounds: 1, last vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Assists: 2 at California (11/29/09)
Steals: 1 at Rutgers (12/3/09)
Blocks: 1 at Rutgers (12/3/09)
Field Goals: 1 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 8 at California (11/29/09)
2009-10 Season/Career Highs
Has not played
2009-10 Season/Career Highs
Points: 23 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Rebounds: 4, last at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Assists: 4 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Steals: 4 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Blocks: 1 at Central Michigan (11/14/09)
Field Goals: 8 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Three-Pointers: 7 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Free Throws: 6, last at Rutgers (12/3/09)
Minutes: 40, last vs. Monmouth (12/16/09)
Career Highs
Points: 27 at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Rebounds: 5 at Lafayette (12/30/08)
Assists: 4, last at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Steals: 4, last vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Blocks: 2 vs. UNCG (1/3/09)
Field Goals: 10, last vs. Manhattan (12/14/08)
Three-Pointers: 7 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Free Throws: 6, last at Rutgers (12/3/09)
Minutes: 43 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
2009-10 Season Highs
Points: 16 vs. Manhattan (11/18/09)
Rebounds: 6 vs. Manhattan (11/18/09)
Assists: 1, last at Rutgers (12/3/09)
Steals: 2 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Blocks: 1, last at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Field Goals: 5 at Central Michigan (11/14/09)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 8 vs. Manhattan (11/18/09)
Minutes: 24 at Central Michigan (11/14/09)
Career Highs
Points: 22 vs. C. Conn. St. (11/11/07)
Rebounds: 15 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Assists: 4, last vs. Dominican (1/27/08)
Steals: 2, last vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Blocks: 7 at Chaminade (11/21/07)
Field Goals: 10 vs. C. Conn. St. (11/11/07)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 8 vs. Manhattan (11/18/09)
Minutes: 37, last vs. Penn (2/14/09)
2009-10 Season Highs
Points: 0
Rebounds: 0
Assists: 0
Steals: 0
Blocks 0
Field Goals: 0
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 1, last at California (11/29/09)
Career Highs
Points: 6, last vs. Lafayette (1/9/08)
Rebounds: 4 at Lehigh (1/6/08)
Assists: 2 at Lehigh (1/6/08)
Steals: 1 at Lehigh (4/6/08)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 2, last at Yale (2/13/08)
Three-Pointers: 2, last vs. Lafayette (1/9/08)
Free Throws: None
Minutes: 22 at Lehigh (1/6/08)
2009-10 Season/Career Highs
Has not played
2009-10 Season/Career Highs
Points: 13 at California (11/29/09)
Rebounds: 6, last vs. Army (11/21/09)
Assists: 2, last at California (11/29/09)
Steals: 2, last at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Blocks: 3 at George Washington (11/24/09)
Field Goals: 6 at California (11/29/09)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 9 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Minutes: 30 vs. Manhattan (11/18/09)
2009-10 Season Highs
Points: 10 vs. Army (11/21/09)
Rebounds: 7 vs. Army (11/21/09)
Assists: 1 at Rutgers (12/3/09)
Steals: 1, last at California (11/29/09)
Blocks: 1 at Rutgers (12/3/09)
Field Goals: 3, last vs. Army (11/21/09)
Three-Pointers: 3 at Central Michigan (11/14/09)
Free Throws: 2 vs. Army (11/21/09)
Minutes: 33 at Central Michigan (11/14/09)
Career Highs
Points: 16 at Brown (2/29/08)
Rebounds: 9 at Fordham (11/26/08)
Assists: 3, last vs. Penn (3/11/08)
Steals: 2, last vs. Penn (3/11/08)
Blocks: 1, last vs. Dartmouth (1/30/09)
Field Goals: 6 vs. Cornell (3/8/08)
Three-Pointers: 3, last at Central Michigan (11/14/09)
Free Throws: 4, last at Fordham (11/26/08)
Minutes: 33 at Central Michigan (11/14/09)
2009-10 Season Highs
Points: 6 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Rebounds: 6 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Assists: 0
Steals: 1, last vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Blocks: 1, last vs. Monmouth (12/16/09)
Field Goals: 3 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Three-Pointers: 1 at California (11/29/09)
Free Throws: 2, last vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Minutes: 15 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Career Highs
Points: 16 vs. Cornell (3/8/08)
Rebounds: 10 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Assists: 5 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Steals: 2, last vs. S. Carolina (12/2/08)
Blocks: 2, last vs. Lehigh (1/7/09)
Field Goals: 6, last vs. Cornell (3/8/08)
Three-Pointers: 2, last at Brown (2/13/09)
Free Throws: 6 vs. Harvard (2/20/09)
Minutes: 45 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
2009-10 Season Highs
Points: 21 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Rebounds: 9 vs. Monmouth (12/16/09)
Assists: 5 vs. Army (11/21/09)
Steals: 4 vs. Monmouth (12/16/09)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 7 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Three-Pointers: 5 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Free Throws: 5 vs. Monmouth (12/16/09)
Minutes: 37 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Career Highs
Points: 22 at Harvard (1/31/09)
Rebounds: 9 vs. Monmouth (12/16/09)
Assists: 5 vs. Army (11/21/09)
Steals: 4 vs. Monmouth (12/16/09)
Blocks: 1, last vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Field Goals: 7 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Three-Pointers: 5 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)v
Free Throws: 7, last vs. Lehigh (1/7/09)
Minutes: 43 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
2009-10 Season Highs
Points: 15 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Rebounds: 6 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Assists: 1, last at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Steals: 1, last at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Blocks: 2 at California (11/29/09)
Field Goals: 6 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Three-Pointers: 3 at California (11/29/09)
Free Throws: 1 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Minutes: 30 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Career Highs
Points: 15 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Rebounds: 9 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Assists: 3 at Penn (3/10/09)
Steals: 1, last at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Blocks: 6 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Field Goals: 6 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Three-Pointers:3 at California (11/29/09)
Free Throws: 4, last vs. Brown (2/27/09)
Minutes: 33, last at Penn (3/10/09)
2009-10 Season Highs
Points: 8 at George Washington (11/24/09)
Rebounds: 7 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Assists: 5 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Steals: 7 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Blocks: 1 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Field Goals: 3, last at George Washington (11/24/09)
Three-Pointers: 1, last at at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Free Throws: 4 vs. Manhattan (11/18/09)
Minutes: 40 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Career Highs
Points: 17 vs. Yale (3/3/07)
Rebounds: 8, last vs. Concordia (1/25/09)
Assists: 7, last vs. Brown (2/27/09)
Steals: 7 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Blocks: 1, last vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Field Goals: 5, last vs. Arizona State (11/20/07)
Three-Pointers: 3, last vs. Concordia (1/25/09)
Free Throws: 7 vs. Yale (3/3/07)
Minutes: 44 vs. Harvard (2/9/07)
2009-10 Season/Career Highs
Points: 0
Rebounds: 1 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Assists: 1 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
Steals: 0
Blocks: 1 at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Field Goals: 0
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 11 vs. Wagner (12/30/09)
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